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Sequoia Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-24-07 10:59 AM
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Kids on a plane?
Cheerios and crayons.

Rene Foss, a flight attendant for a major airline, has nothing against Cheerios or crayons. Or kids, for that matter. But put the three together in an airline system that's overcrowded and ridden with delays and — well, don't get her started.

They break up Cheerios all over the floor; they take crayons and write on the tray tables and window shades," said Foss, who has written a humorous book about her career called "Around the World in a Bad Mood!"

"It really isn't the kids' faults, though," she said. "It's the parents from hell who don't have control of their kids."

As regular air travelers know all too well, it doesn't take much to upset the fragile social equilibrium of a crowded airplane, perhaps just restless children toddling down the aisle or wailing (though wailing, it could be argued, is an entirely appropriate response to the hassles of air travel

http://www.ajc.com/travel/content/travel/otherdestinations/us_stories/2007/07/23/kidsplanes_0723.html
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pagerbear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-24-07 11:00 AM
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1. OMG! M-F kids on a plane!
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LynneSin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-24-07 12:14 PM
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24. And there's not a M*****F****** thing you can do about it
:eyes:
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Writer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-24-07 11:01 AM
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2. ...
:popcorn: with loads of butter.
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Debi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-24-07 11:05 AM
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3. Isn't that what Baby Benadryl is for?
:popcorn:
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Briarius Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-24-07 11:17 AM
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6. Not always...
we tried that once, and it wound the kid up! Oh the fun!
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Debi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-24-07 11:34 AM
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10. Aw Man - next time mix it with some gin n/t
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NewJeffCT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-24-07 12:01 PM
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21. That happens to me with Nyquil
It knocks my wife out if she ever takes it... but, if I forget and take it, I'll spend the night tossing & turning and not sleeping.
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skygazer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-24-07 11:08 AM
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4. Well, to be fair
Who would expect, when you become a flight attendant, that you'd ever have to deal with kids on a plane. :eyes:
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Left Is Write Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-24-07 11:16 AM
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5. ...
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Debi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-24-07 11:33 AM
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9. What would you like to discuss?











































:hide:
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Left Is Write Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-24-07 11:35 AM
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11. Oh hell, yeah, I'll discuss that.
But only if we can include public breastfeeding, John Edwards' hair, cornflake chicken, and John Kerry's senate voting record!

:P
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Debi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-24-07 11:53 AM
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15. All at the Olive Garden?
Here's my question... did Hillary have work done? :evilgrin:
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Left Is Write Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-24-07 11:56 AM
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16. Olive Garden? Nah. I think we'll do Red Robin this week.
Hillary? She can get her own cornflake chicken circumcision boob job. :D
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KitchenWitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-24-07 11:57 AM
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17. Can we also discuss Laura Branigan and Fat Actress?
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Left Is Write Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-24-07 11:58 AM
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19. Yes, yes, of course.
No flame war would be truly complete without them.
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Debi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-24-07 12:01 PM
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22. Only if Oasis is playing in the background n/t
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KitchenWitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-24-07 12:04 PM
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23. Right!
;)
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El Fuego Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-24-07 11:28 AM
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7. Hey, there's a new movie coming out!


KIDS ON A PLANE



The horror experience you'll never forget!!! :scared:
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KitchenWitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-24-07 11:30 AM
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8. Where are you supposed to put them? The cargo bay?
:eyes:
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Tyler Durden Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-24-07 11:39 AM
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12. HEY....what GOOD idea!
Miniature pressurized kiddie krates!
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KitchenWitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-24-07 11:50 AM
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14. ...
:spank::spank:
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Dragonbreathp9d Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-24-07 11:40 AM
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13. Need to get these mutha fuckin kids of this mutha fuckin plane
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Tyler Durden Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-24-07 11:58 AM
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20. Quietly pass the word to all the adults to fasten seat belts....
THEN OPEN A DOOR! VOILA!
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rug Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-24-07 11:57 AM
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18. This country needs an Ayn Rand Airline.


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